Favorite Villain #10--Ridley/Meta-Ridley

Favorite Villains #10--Ridley/Meta-Ridley

As a fan of the long running Metroid  series I have become familiar with one boss/villain in particular.  Ridley is like a bad penny--it just keeps showing up.  It doesn't matter how many times you kill it, it continually reappears in games throughout the series.  This is another hallmark of a great villain, the fact that they just keep popping up despite your best efforts.

I don't know a lot about Ridley.  It seems to be some sort of dragon-like creature that has a strong desire to destroy the hero of the Metroid series, Samus Aran.  The first appearance of Ridley was in the original Metroid game way back in 1986.  According to the Wiki entry about Ridley, he is the last member of a species that was almost completely wiped out and now seems to want revenge on everything.  Players kill Ridley several times throughout the series, but through cloning and robotics it just keeps coming back.

Ridley is also featured as a boss in several of the Super Smash Bros. games.

Although I haven't finished Metroid:  Other M, the Wiki entry alludes to it finally being killed in this episode.  I have my doubts as villains who seem to be dead tend to not really be dead.  If there are other Metroid games made I fully expect to tangle with some form of Ridley again.